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I always say that if I have a wife and a job at the end of duck season, it's been a good duck season...haha. I've still got the same wife after almost 40 years... Job? Not so much...

For rifle hunting I pretty much stick with the roll-up orange cheapies. They're easy to get used to and I forget I'm wearing them but they still allow me to hear well enough to function normally. I get a little more protective when shooting shotguns because I shoot 25-100 times for every rifle...

I spent 3 days in camp with Michael. He's a great guy and will sing in German to you if you don't stop him... from the facebook page it seems like he'll recover but might have a tough healing process ahead of him.

Johan Calitz, without a doubt.

I registered my wildebeest with RW because it made the book by 1/2". Why? Because I had the opportunity to my name written in the annals of Africa Hunting next to some of the greats and it was worth the little bit of money to me. I am not a great African hunter or adventurer but it's neat to...

I am not wealthy nor do I make a huge annual salary. But I am financially disciplined and waited very late in life to take my first safari. 1.) No credit card debt for 30 years, I buy new vehicles and drive them into the ground (usually 160-250k miles) but I finance them because the finance...

Wild lions cost money (a small pride of lions can eat $5 million US in Cape Buffalo every year). CBLs make money. I don't like the practice. I am unimpressed with anyone that does it to impress others. I would never do it myself. Let's face it though, we all dream of getting a plaintive...

The Same Principle - Liberal American cities, a long way from the border, designated themselves Sanctuary Cities and demanded that migrants be allowed to illegally crossing into the US. Governors of border states started bussing those migrants to Sanctuary Cities...all the sudden, these cities...

Skins and skulls are fairly cheap, and leave little room for "taxidermist error". Take a lot of pictures - digital media is cheap...

I have no intention of letting the duh mass liberals control the conversation and sully the term "trophy hunter". Trophy hunting has done too much good for wildlife to just let them take that that easily. Black wildebeest, scimitar-horned, roan, maybe sable, have all been saved by Trophy...

No Little Blue Pill needed...

Okay - you win the internet argument...

Beware the man with only one rifle...

I like everything Andy Buchanan does. I like African Sportsman Channel with Stefan Fouche because they spend time talking about the guns and ammo they're using. As much as I'm not a fan of Hornady, I like their "Dark and Dangerous" series too.

Yep...suppressors for a double...

When I was 5, I dreamed that wolves had come into my room and "iced" my throat so I couldn't call for help from my parents...I owe them one... Yeah, a wolf, an nice big gray wolf, is pretty high on my list.

It's not the 6.5 Creedmoor than people hate, it's the 6.5 Creedmoor evangelists...

I carry a Osprey as an on-board pack. They all have shoulder and waist straps that tuck away but allow it to be useful as a backpack once the destination is reached. The new ones like Farpoint 40 have laptop compartments that can easily be accessed without taking the bag out of the overhead.

.03-'06...

I know better, but I left the landing on the Folly River (real name not a made up name, although it is very apropos) with a heavy wind. The wind was blowing with the tide so no problem. I shot one duck hunting across high tide. On the way back the wind was blowing against the tide. I can...

Oh, I get it @bakerb. But, you hit the ball so far over the fence that you left nothing for the rest of us to play with.

@bakerb left little to add but I'll probably never fully understand his viewpoint. To me, hunting is a very personal and private thing. I've killed a lot of whitetail but no one has ever seen me kill a whitetail. It's emotion, personal and, in a way, primal. Those are the hunting experiences...

58 in 2022...

Humans are 100% corruptible. Every organization and every accounting process should be built around that basic premise.

Here's a 180 grain Accubond pulled out from just under the skin on the opposite side of a zebra stallion. My biggest suggestion is to make sure your PH's shooting sticks have four legs instead of just three...if so, you'll be fine with Accubonds, in my opinion. The shot is at about...

Scroll down to see a picture I took of a topless woman.

So I went from being totally wrong to just forgetful? I didn't forget about that, I brought it up. Bwhahaha... Congratulations on the fine elephant. I'm jealous.

I'll go ahead and say something I try to not say but, here goes... If you aren't within an animal's "circle of concern", you're not hunting. For a lot of quadrupeds, their circle of concern is less than 200 yards. I know half the folks that read this are going to start throwing out ridiculous...

I agree especially for iron sight, double guns at 50 yards.. I will say what I already said, "there are a lot of variables" or noise. Some of the noise we try to compensate for and others that we ignore and hope they don't change the outcome of the shot. Noise like wind we try to compensate...

I can't argue with you. But, listen to the guy from Heym at about 2:30...

"Killing's a hard thing to do well." That quote is from Waterworld. Nothing about that movie is interesting to me, but that quote always stuck with me. Even though it has to be taken out of context, a hunter should understand that quote better than anyone.

I was able to do a wire transfer myself using online backing.

No, thank goodness. Thanks for asking. I hit him a tad too far back and he turned to run almost like he wasn't hit. I got a quick second shot off just before he disappeared in a wall of brush. I hit him in the left ham, aiming across to his right front shoulder. We didn't know how much...

The only wounded animal I ever had to go after in thick brush was a warthog.

What I'm trying to get at is that a great, big strong man that leans into a gun will change the point of impact (even for a single barrelled gun) over a smaller person that purposefully lets the barrels jump to reduce their felt recoil. Like someone said, there are a lot of variables.

Recoil starts happening the instant the powder is ignited yet it takes about 2/2500 ÷ 2, or 0.0004 seconds before the bullet leaves the barrel. (Obviously that's for a 2,500fps load and a 24" barrel and the second ÷ 2 is to average the velocity from ignition to leaving the barrel). That recoil...

The only thing you're really missing is a pellet gun for the backyard...

My comment really was intended as a humorous point. Avoiding horns, teeth and claws is just one more of the African Tracker's super human mystique that has a significant basis in reality.

I am absolutely convinced that if we were honest with ourselves, the advantages of O/U rifles and shotguns are so overwhelming when compared to SxS guns that SxS guns would almost disappear in the field. As much as I love Gene Hill and Mark Sullivan, it's taken me a sporting lifetime to...

Where'd the Tracker go? He flat disappeared...

I absolutely know that the duh masses of the world think trophy hunting is where you shoot an animal, cut its head off for your wall, and leave the rest in the field. We all know this isn't the case. If it were, Africa's vulture species wouldn't all be on the threatened list. Those that...

Short version: Nothing but a quad-pod for me. If my next PH doesn't have quad-pods, I'll insist he buy or borrow some before I get there...here's why... The longer story: I practiced on "sticks" before I left for Africa. Since I didn't have any real sticks, I used a camera tripod with a...

Sorry to say but a roll of $5 bills would be a lot easier to carry and hand out and equally or more appreciated.

@404Pruitt I have a similar story to yours. Took my first safari in 2022. I had very high expectations from a lifetime of reading about Africa. The real Africa met all those lofty expectations and even exceeded a few. You're right...just do it. PM if you have questions. Planning is where...

I think it makes some sense to plan for a flat screen of some type and size to run a loop of hunting pictures and videos.

Here's three generations of Browning A-bolts...from left to right, my dad's, my son's and mine. I got my son the walnut and stainless rifle for his 13th Christmas, gave it to him in mid-November, and he killed an 8-point with it less than 12 hours later. The point is that brushed/matte...

I can't imagine a more universal big game rifle than a stainless/composite .375 H&H magnum...all the sudden, I want one...

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WildVeld Safaris, It's literally the same everywhere in the world. Environmental and anti-hunting organizations will purposefully manipulate those not fully educated on a topic and flat-out lie to further their "cause". And, to make matters worse, their "cause" is usually just a front for a...